Plant Trees SF Events 2006 Archive: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Event

 
Upcoming Calendar of fun cheap and unique bay area events July 20 - July 27 , 2006
San Francisco // East Bay // North Bay // South Bay // Peninsula
www.funcheap.com
Thanks to the Bay Area Tributes for sponsoring funcheap this week!
Bay Area Tributes promotes shows by tribute bands all over the bay area.
- Listen to this excellent .wma note-for-note version of Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Evolution

Journey Tribute Band "Evolution" and AC/DC Tribute Band "Powerage"
Saturday, July 22nd - 8pm
Slims - 333 11th Street (South of Market)
$12 Adv / $14 Door - All Ages Show


Thursday, July 20th
7/20	12:30 pm	FREE International Music Series - Brasil : Mauro Correa Quinteto @ YBuena Gdns 	Live Music
7/20	6:00 pm	FREE Peruvian salsa band "Julie Bravo" at Central Park in San Mateo 	Live Music
7/20	7:00 pm	FREE taste the new infused flavors of Diet Pepsi - Jazz music, cocktails & food 	Drinks
7/20	7:00 pm	$5 "Fun with Videophones" live interactive reality show @ The Makeout Room 	Odd/Unique
7/20	8:00 pm	FREE middle-eastern surf rock @ Edinburgh Castle 	Live Music
7/20	8:00 pm	$5 preview night for "The Censor" live theater @ Last Planet Theatre 
Win Tickets! Written by young British playwright Anthony Neilson, The Censor features a gripping love story between a film censor and a porn star. Their debates about the nature of art and obscenity trigger a crisis in the censor 's marriage and his conception of love and desire. The production is brought to you by Last Planet, a company the critics are calling "gutsy, edgy and some of the most unique theater in the city" (SFist), First three people to email info@lastplanettheatre.com with "Explosive Theatre - 7/20" in the subject line win a free pair of tickets
The Censor runs Thurs.-Sat. at 8 pm, previewing July 20 and closing August 12. Regular seats are $15-$18; all Thursdays are 2-for-1, except the preview ($5/seat). 
Last Planet Theatre - 351 Turk St. between Leavenworth & Hyde (3.5 blocks from Civic Center BART/Muni) and close to the 5 Fulton Muni line	Theater
7/20	8:30 pm	FREE beer courtesy of wacky fake newspaper The Onion @ Shattuck Down Low 	Drinks
Friday, July 21st
7/21	6:30 pm	FREE disco/funk legends "Rose Royce" live concert on the beach @ Santa Cruz 	Live Music
7/21	8:00 pm	FREE film night in the park "Wallace & Gromit Curse of WereRabbit" - Mill Valley 	Film
7/21	8:00 pm	Win Free Tickets to Champagne Opening Night of "The Censor" live theater @ Last Planet Theatre 
Win Tickets & Champagne! The San Francisco Chronicle calls Last Planet, "Seductively creative"
First two people to email info@lastplanettheatre.com with "Explosive Theatre - 7/21" in the subject line win a free pair of tickets to Friday night, plus complimentary champagne to celebrate opening night
The Censor runs Thurs.-Sat. at 8 pm, though August 12. Regular seats are $15-$18; all Thursdays are 2-for-1.
Last Planet Theatre - 351 Turk St. between Leavenworth & Hyde	Theater
7/21	9:00 pm	$5 multi-bar "Poker Run" for mutant bicyclists @ Zeitgeist (valencia & duboce) 	Games & Fun
7/21	10:00 pm	$5 fun funky dance band "Sugar and Gold" @ The Knockout 	Live Music
Saturday, July 22nd
7/22	11:00 am	FREE Tour de Fat 2006 - bike rodeo, beer, live music, firejumping bike acts 	Festival
7/22	12:00 pm	FREE 10th Annual Urban Youth Arts Festival w/ breakdancing - Precita Park 	Festival
7/22	1:00 pm	Free comedy walking tour of downtown SF earthquake zone "Shake n Bake"  	Walks/Tours
7/22	2:00 pm	$7 "Cyclecide" Pedal Monster Bike Rodeo @ Mission Village Mkt 	Festival
7/22	6:00 pm	FREE 60th Anniversary of the 1946 Oakland General Strike Commemoration - Oakland 	Politics
7/22	7:30 pm	FREE Moonlight Magic and Movies - (comedy magicians and wizard of oz!) martinez 	Film
Sunday, July 23rd
7/23	10:00 am	FREE San Francisco Theater Festival - 70 theater groups, 10 stages @ Yerba Buena 	Theater
7/23	11:00 am	FREE to watch: 9th Annual "Bay to Barkers" Dogwalk & Festival - Berkeley Marina 	Pet Event
7/23	1:00 pm	FREE sailboat rides on the berekely marina w/ Cal Sailing Club 	Outdors
7/23	1:00 pm	FREE one-mile lecture/walk @ lands end "Close Encounters of the Bird Kind" 	Nature
7/23	2:00 pm	FREE live music @ Stern Grove - Every Sunday @ 2pm - Mavis Staples & Jackie Greene 	Live Music
7/23	2:00 pm	FREE african diamond-mine documentary "Touch One! Touch All!" @ Parkway Oakland  	Film
7/23	2:00 pm	FREE "Kalligraphia 2006" calligraphy demonstrations @ Main Library 	Art
7/23	2:00 pm	FREE San Francisco Symphony concert in Dolores Park 	Live Music
7/23	2:00 pm	FREE lecture/walk - Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk - downtown oakland 	Walks/Tours
Monday, July 24th
7/24	10:00 am	FREE Photography Exhibit - previously unseen photos of the Rolling Stones 	Art
7/24	10:00 pm	$5 Smiths tribute band "This Charming Band" @ Annie's Social Club 	Live Music
Tuesday, July 25th
7/25	6:30 pm	FREE book reading A Decade of Burning Man Photography @ Main Library  	Literature
7/25	7:00 pm	FREE Ask A Scientist lecture series 3rd Anniv. Trivia Party - Bazaar cafe 	Trivia Night
7/25	7:00 pm	FREE Irish Workers Cultural/Video Night plus music & poetry - 45th ave & sloat 	Politics
7/25	7:30 pm	FREE "Pandora and the future of online music" town hall meeting @ Swig - Downtown 	Lecture
Wednesday, July 26th
7/26	6:00 pm	FREE Eco Film Night: Green Building Smorgasbord - Greenbrae 	Film
7/26	7:00 pm	FREE 20+ piece jazz band Realistic Orchestra @ SF Italian Athletic Club: N.Beach 	Live Music
7/26	7:00 pm	2 for 1 movie night: Nacho Libre @ Parkway (pizza/beer/couches) 	Film
7/26	8:00 pm	FREE "Jazz on Grant" festival -jazz bands at dozens of venus all over North Beach 	Live Music
Thursday, July 27th and beyond...
7/27	6:00 pm	FREE outdoor concert Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - san mateo 	
7/27	9:00 pm	FREE "Indie Darlings of California" tour with Monsters Are Waiting @ RockitRoom 	
7/28	12:30 pm	FREE watergate's John Dean book reading "Conservatives w/o Conscience" @ Staceys 	
7/28	6:00 pm	FREE british R&B soul singer/guitarist James Hunter (plus free food) @ Virgin 	
7/28	6:30 pm	FREE "The English Beat' 80s ska new wavers concert on the beach - Santa Cruz 	
7/28	7:30 pm	FREE book reading John Dean on "Conservatives without Conscience" - Berkeley 	
7/28	9:00 pm	$8 odd & weird indie rock band "Irving" @ Bottom of the Hill 	
7/29	10:30 am	FREE "Beading Binary" class for kids @ the Intel Museum - Santa Clara 	
7/29	11:00 am	FREE 20th Annual Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships 	
7/29	12:00 pm	FREE to watch, $15 to compete - The San Francisco Beer Olympics @ GG Park 	
7/29	12:00 pm	FREE North Beach Jazz Festival "World in the Park" @ Wash Sq. Park 	
7/29	1:00 pm	$5 Rock'n'Roll BBQ - 5 live bands plus free bbq with entry @ Thee Parkside 	
7/29	6:00 pm	FREE Woman's Will to perform Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' in Pleasanton 	
7/29	8:00 pm	FREE The Howard Stone Comedy Talk Show - Mountain View 	
7/30	11:00 am	FREE 20th Annual Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships 	
7/30	12:00 pm	FREE North Beach Jazz Festival "Jazz & Heritage in the Park" @ Wash Sq. Park 	
7/31	9:00 pm	$6.66 pinback side project "Goblin Cock" @ The Mezzanine 	
8/1	9:30 am	FREE admission to de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park - 1st Tues of Month 	
8/2	9:00 pm	FREE Calif. Homegrown Music Series w/ The Morning Benders @ Mezzanine 	
8/3	6:00 pm	$5 culture, cocktails, and mingling at the Asian Art Museum 	
8/4	5:00 pm	$8 - First Fridays at the Oakland Museum - art, music and cocktails 	
8/4	6:00 pm	FREE Palo Alto Art Walk 	
8/5	1:30 pm	FREE SF Mime Troupe's Comedy musical GodFellas @ Glen Park 	
8/6	6:30 pm	FREE Jazz: Henry Irvin Trio w/ vocalists Dorothy Lefkovits @ Bird/Beckett 	
8/12	11:00 am	FREE 33rd Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair @ Japantown 	
8/13	8:00 pm	FREE San Francisco Comedy College Graduation Improv Show - Union Sq. 	
8/14	10:00 am	FREE 1906 Earthquake Walk: It Can't Happen Here 	
8/14	9:00 pm	$5 Zeitgeist Int'l Film Festival (odd outdoor films, benches & beer) Mission  	
click here for more events in San Francisco and the Bay Area

If an event is in bold, then that means we think it's cool and espeically recommend it

What is funcheapSF.com? - A free web calendar & and emailing list of events - we hate spam and we won't clog your inbox. and when you sign up you don't even have to give us your email address if you don't want to. we usually send out one email a week with all the weeks events, usually between 20 and 50. Occassionally we'll send out another email to let you know of a great event or discount that's just come up. or, if you like, you can just view our calendar. we don't care! whatever you want. this was set up by just a couple of underemployed san franciscans who want to share their list with you. no corporations, just wholesome cheap goodness.

Going out and having fun in San Francisco is just too expensive. That's why we started funcheapSF. A free website where cheap bastards like ourselves get together to share tips and events going on in the coming days.

to join our emailing list and have access to our web calendar:
1) visit www.funcheapSF.com
2) click on "Join This Group"
that's it! then you'll have to option to receive email listings and view our web calendar.

we do our best to make sure our calendar is accurate, but it's always a good idea to double check with the venue to make sure the event is actually taking place in case of rain or other unforseen events
For updates and info, contact scott at planttrees dot org.